Jeff has been dedicated to the advertising and marketing community for over sixteen years. With a breadth of strategic marketing and business expertise, Jeff has helped a variety of companies throughout their lifecycle, ranging from start-up to F500. Prior to establishing his current agency, Jeff was an EVP at Mullen, the nation's 24th largest brand agency with advertising, public relations, direct, interactive and design capabilities. Prior to Mullen, Jeff was the President of Leo Burnett/Boston, New England's largest business-to-business agency with billings of $260M. Among all New England agencies, Leo Burnett/Boston was ranked the 8th largest according to Adweek's 2000 Annual Agency Report Card. He oversaw all operations, sales, marketing and services.
Jeff has spoken about a range of sales and marketing topics at organizations such as the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, BMA, Luxury Marketing Council, Mass Software Council, Advertising Education Foundation, Cornell's Johnson School of Management, Penn State, UNH's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and Brown University.
Jeff lives with his family in Norwell, MA. He is married and has two children ages fourteen and eleven. His leisure activities include golf, jogging, coaching soccer, and landscaping.
Steve has helped build scores of brands for some of the most noted advertising agencies and their clients. A copywriter by trade, Steve's agency experience includes the group creative director for Arnold Worldwide, creative director for Ingalls, and has also held creative management positions at Mullen, Pagano Scheck & Kay and Leonard Monahan Saabye, formerly of Providence.
Steve's work has been honored by all the award shows that matter: the Effies, The One Show, New York Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Cannes, Clio, The Kelly Awards and Boston's own Hatch awards.
He resides in Cumberland, RI with his family.
Past work examples:
Citizens Bank "Guy" TV spot
Citizens Bank "Swimmers" TV spot
The Dreyfus Corporation "Discipline" TV spot
The Dreyfus Corporation "Experience" TV spot
Mitchell Lunsford, SVP, Group Creative Director and eight-year veteran of Mullen Advertising, brings 20 plus years of hands-on industry experience and leadership to Winsper. At Mullen his clients included The GM Card, Today’s Military, LendingTree, Liberty Medical, Keds and Sealy.
Prior to Mullen, Mitch was a 10-year veteran of Digitas (formally Bronner Slosberg Humphery, Boston). As VP, Associate Creative Director, he helped create and launch the successful “Membership Rewards” program for American Express.
Mitch started his career in his home state of Texas before moving to New York City to assume art direction duties for Foote Cone and Belding (FCB). Well over 100 regional, national and international awards appear on Mitch’s resume, and his work has been published in Art Direction Magazine, Creativity Magazine, Print’s Design Annual and Direct Mail Design Today.
At home, when he’s not gardening or working with oils, you’ll find Mitch hanging with his two pugs, his French bulldog and Woody the cat. They all like old zombie movies.
With 8 years of design experience in advertising, Kevin has a solid understanding of both interactive and print, making for a seamless experience with integrated campaigns. Kevin does not know the meaning of "design for the sake of design". He is the guy who will take creative to the next level by making it clean, clear and functional, resulting in something you could call "pretty".
Much of his earlier career was consumer focused, helping brands such as Saucony, Polartec, and King Arthur Flour extend their communications through identity, packaging, print, and web. Having worked with Winsper Inc. since near the time of their creation, Kevin has become well versed in the worlds of luxury marketing and B2B, while continuing to add to his consumer portfolio. His work has received awards from Print, Hatch, Creativity, Summit, BMA Ace, BMA/ Chicago Tower Awards, Lamplighter and Nedma.
Besides being passionate about his role in a young growing company, he enjoys struggling through a round of golf, pick-up basketball games, and painting from time to time.
Corey brings over 5 years of experience to Winsper. She previously worked for The New York Times on a subsidiary city magazine and newspaper in Florida. Her experience covers all aspects of advertising coordination, design and production.
Corey is an advocate of animals and encourages education about factory farming and fur ranching. She routinely volunteers in multiple capacities for PETA and the local MSCPA.
A couch potato at heart Corey loves watching movies with her cat, Archie. When the movies run out she seeks new places to travel but frequents her all-time favorite city, Barcelona.
Bob Clinton has worked in the advertising & internet development fields for close to three decades. Starting with rubber cement, ruling pens and Exacto, Bob left his life as a full time musician and began a career building mechanicals for major Providence RI ad agencies.
Finally landing at Leonard Monahan & Saabye, Bob remained there for eleven years working his way to Studio Manager. It was there that Bob worked with of many of the creative and art directors found in top national agencies today. In 1990, he entered the ground floor of the field of desktop publishing. He is considered expert in today's essential graphics software programs coupling traditional sensibilities with cutting edge technologies.
Bob was also in at the beginning of the internet industry and honed his web development skill with a three year position with Newfangled Web Factory. There he worked with and helped develop their WebTop content management system and RaPid prototyping system.
Bob is in his twenty-sixth year as the bass player in the Stovall Brown Band.
Daisy began her career in Journalism working as a reporter for a small town newspaper in South Texas. She covered school, police, government and sports. After 3 years, she moved back to Boston and began working at the Boston Herald as a Classified Advertising clerk. Daisy worked at the Boston Herald for 2 years before making the career change into publishing. Her career at Houghton began as a Production Specialist before working my way up to becoming a Sr. Project Coordinator. Along the way she won the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Dolphin award for executing the complete text book project for the state of Maryland, which entailed student, teacher and ancillary books for grades K-5.
Margaret is a consultant and marketer with ten years' experience in management consulting and marketing. Most recently, Margaret worked in business development and online marketing for Hoover's (a D&B company).
Prior to Hoover's, Margaret spent time in brand marketing with Philip Morris, working in conjunction with Leo Burnett/Chicago. Before earning her MBA in marketing, Margaret spent the first six years of her career consulting for Mercer, helping clients such as U.S. Airways, Barnes & Noble and Cardinal Health.
In her free time, Margaret and her husband are busy exploring the Northeast after migrating from her home state of Texas. She is quickly learning to love the Red Sox, but her heart will always remain with the University of Texas Longhorns.
Before entering the Advertising world, Kaity spent a year working at a law firm in London, while exploring other parts of Europe on the weekends. Kaity then returned to her home base of Boston and began working at Winsper in 2005. Since becoming a Client Advisor, Kaity has managed clients such as Exeter Hospital, Unica Corporation, Bowne Inc and JetDirect Aviation. With a hunger for gaining experience and knowledge in the industry, Kaity contributes to client strategy and has owned online, print, television, radio and direct mail campaigns. Kaity has a degree from Boston University's College of Communication.
Kaity currently lives in South Boston with her three wonderful roommates and her three lazy fish, who remain nameless (the fish).
Chris Lee brings over 15 years experience writing and directing for clients in almost every industry category. He leaves Mullen in Wenham, MA as a VP, Creative Director well-versed in multiple disciplines. Clients included Banknorth, The GM Card, GM Certified Used Vehicles, Lending Tree, Liberty Medical, Nextel, Puritan Bennett, Rational Software, Sealy, Stop & Shop and Today’s Military.
Prior to Mullen, Chris became familiar with the inimitable ways of Jeff Winsper at Leo Burnett in Boston. Two other local agencies appear on Chris’s resume, namely EMI Boston and Stringer in Burlington. To gain retail experience, Chris went client-side as a creative director and brand manager at Cambridge SoundWorks/Hifi.com.
Along the way, Chris has picked up over 100 regional, national and international awards, spanning every marketing category. His work has appeared in AdWeek, BrandWeek and the U.S. Ad Review.
When not living and breathing advertising, Chris opts for literature, racquetball, jogging, landscaping and taking in the ocean air with his wife and daughter.
Sarah has worked at Winsper since September 2006, where she began as Manager of New Business. In September of 2007, Sarah made the change to Client Advisor and is responsible for managing the software client Cognos, an IBM Company, and their numerous industry sectors. Prior to joining Winsper, Sarah worked as Senior Development Officer for the College of the Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. Sarah also spent almost 6 years at Pile and Company, the Boston consultancy that specializes in Agency Reviews. Sarah holds a BA from the University of Rhode Island in Communication Studies, and an MS in Mass Communication from Boston University.
Sarah, her husband Mick, 13 year old stepdaughter, Izzy, and 8 month old son, Presley, live in Brookline.
JD has over 15 years of diverse business and marketing experience working at agencies, as a consultant and on the client side. His expertise is helping organizations articulate their business objectives and values into succinct and compelling brand messages that create differentiation, compel audiences to action and build relationships over time. JD's client experience include Fidelity Investments, John Hancock, Maytag, Pella Corporation, BestBuy, Iowa Department of Economic Development of Travel and Tourism, KPMG. His agency experience includes Leo Burnett, MMB*, The Integer Group, and Ten United.
JD, and his wife Ellen, are raising their seven-month old son, Tate, who loves to listen to his Dad play guitar. (At least that is what Dad thinks). And if there is time, JD enjoys running or golf.
Prior to joining Winsper in 2007 as the office manager, Lynette spent time living and traveling in cities across the country. Born and raised in Buffalo NY and a graduate with a BFA in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah GA, her ambition to experience different regional cultures brought her from the beautiful southern city to the golden gate, San Francisco. After working for the successful luxury parfumerie, In Fiore, for a year, she moved back to the east coast to experience what Boston had to offer.
Although she now lives in one of the country's oldest cities, Salem, she will always remain a Buffalo native at heart. Go Bills!
Caroline is a versatile marketer with over fifteen years years experience in branding strategy and integrated marketing communications. She most recently spent 2 years at Mullen, and was the VP, Account Director for two of the agency's key accounts: Four Seasons and XM Satellite Radio. Prior to Mullen, Caroline spent five years working closely with Jeff Winsper at Leo Burnett Technology Group, Boston and was directly involved in the agency's rise as a top B2B agency. As Director of Client Services, she oversaw a department of over thirty and played a key strategic role for many of the agency's technology clients. Caroline spent the first six years of her career as an account manager at LAK Advertising in San Diego.
In her free time, Caroline enjoys riding and training her thoroughbred mare. She actively competes in the equestrian sport of eventing (dressage, cross country & stadium jumping).